Results for keyword: public lands
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Motorized recreation belongs in the backcountry
Off-road vehicle users need to be responsible, but at the same time they should fight against any restrictions to backcountry riding
by Dave Skinner, May 10, 2004 -
Off-road vehicles are chewing up our public lands
The only solution to the destruction of public lands by off-highway vehicles is to begin to restrict their use in the backcountry
by Tonia Wolf, May 10, 2004 -
President Bush should consider a “land grab“ of his own
A visit to Arizona’s new Agua Fria National Monument – one of those designated by Clinton at the end of his presidency – points up the failure of the Bush administration to protect and preserve the public lands
by Paul Larmer, Mar 15, 2004 -
The Last Open Range
Wyoming’s Green Mountain Common Allotment is one of the West’s last big, wide-open landscapes – but these days, ranchers, environmentalists, history buffs and the BLM are arguing over whether it’s time to start putting up fences
by Geoffrey O'Gara, Mar 01, 2004 -
Mining may no longer be king of the mountain
Environmentalists are delighted by a new court ruling that says Gale Norton’s Interior Department abdicated its duty when it refused to regulate hard-rock mining
by Puanani Mench, Feb 16, 2004 -
Energy bill would pry open public lands
If Bush’s energy bill passes, it will put major emphasis on public-lands energy development with a number of its provisions
by Matt Jenkins, Jan 19, 2004 -
Two decades of hard work, plowed under
The Bush administration opens up wild lands to oil and gas drilling, pulling the rug out from under two decades of citizen wilderness activism
by Matt Jenkins, Jan 19, 2004 -
Road ripping
In his book, No Place Distant: Roads and Motorized Recreation on America’s Public Land, David Havlick looks at the environmental impacts caused by the roads that crisscross our national forests, parks, wildlife refuges and BLM lands
by Jacob Smith, Nov 24, 2003 -
Right and wrong on public lands
From Conquest to Conservation: Our Public Lands Legacy by Michael P. Dombeck, Christopher A. Wood and Jack E. Williams takes a hopeful view of the ecological future of the nation’s public lands
by April Reese, Oct 27, 2003 -
A peek over the edge
Plundered Promise: Capitalism, Politics, and the Fate of the Federal Lands by Richard W. Behan is a provocative travel guide to the corporate take-over of the public lands under the Bush administration
by Ray Ring, Sep 01, 2003
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